LawgistThe Sale of Goods Act
1Short title, extent and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the 1*** Sale of Goods Act, 1930.
2[(2) It extends to the whole of India 3***.]
(3) It shall come into force on the 1st day of July, 1930.
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1. The word "Indian" omitted by Act 33 of 1963, s. 2 (w.e.f. 22-9-1963).
2. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for sub-section (2).
3. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10-2019).
All sections
- 1 Short title, extent and commencement
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Application of provisions of Act 9 of 1872
- 4 Sale and agreement to sell
- 5 Contract of sale how made
- 6 Existing or future goods
- 7 Goods perishing before making of contract
- 8 Goods perishing before sale but after agreement to sell
- 9 Ascertainment of price
- 10 Agreement to sell at valuation
- 11 Stipulations as to time
- 12 Condition and warranty
- 13 When condition to be treated as warranty
- 14 Implied undertaking as to title, etc
- 15 Sale by description
- 16 Implied conditions as to quality or fitness
- 17 Sale by sample
- 18 Goods must be ascertained
- 19 Property passes when intended to pass
- 20 Specific goods in a deliverable state
- 21 Specific goods to be put into a deliverable state
- 22 Specific goods in a deliverable state, when the seller has to do anything thereto in order to ascertain price
- 23 Sale of unascertained goods and appropriation
- 24 Goods sent on approval or “on sale or return”
- 25 Reservation of right of disposal
- 26 Risk prima facie passes with property
- 27 Sale by person not the owner
- 28 Sale by one of joint owners
- 29 Sale by person in possession under voidable contract
- 30 Seller or buyer in possession after sale
- 31 Duties of seller and buyer
- 32 Payment and delivery are concurrent conditions
- 33 Delivery
- 34 Effect of part delivery
- 35 Buyer to apply for delivery
- 36 Rules as to delivery
- 37 Delivery of wrong quantity
- 38 Instalment deliveries
- 39 Delivery to carrier or wharfinger
- 40 Risk where goods are delivered at distant place
- 41 Buyer’s right of examining the goods
- 42 Acceptance
- 43 Buyer not bound to return rejected goods
- 44 Liability of buyer for neglecting or refusing delivery of goods
- 45 “Unpaid seller” defined
- 46 Unpaid seller’s rights
- 47 Seller’s lien
- 48 Part delivery
- 49 Termination of lien
- 50 Right of stoppage in transit
- 51 Duration of transit
- 52 How stoppage in transit is effected
- 53 Effect of sub-sale or pledge by buyer
- 54 Sale not generally rescinded by lien or stoppage in transit
- 55 Suit for price
- 56 Damages for non-acceptance
- 57 Damages for non-delivery
- 58 Specific performance
- 59 Remedy for breach of warranty
- 60 Repudiation of contract before due date
- 61 Interest by way of damages and special damages
- 62 Exclusion of implied terms and conditions
- 63 Reasonable time a question of fact
- 64 Auction sale
- 64A In contracts of sale, amount of increased or decreased taxes to be added or deducted
- 65 [Repealed.]
- 66 Savings
